CHAPTER 753: XIAOFENG RETURNED TO THE IMPERIAL CAPITAL ALONE_2

"Now, as long as we can prove that He Xiuze is problematic, we can exonerate Grandfather. Regarding He Xiuze, I’ve already got most of his information in hand; it’s just that we still can’t confirm who is backing him," said Gu Yecheng, who had almost fully grasped the information on He Xiuze.

"What you mean is, you want to capture them all in one fell swoop," the Prime Minister looked at his son.

"There isn’t much time left. If we still have no leads on the person behind He Xiuze, we can only push He Xiuze out first to prove that Grandfather has nothing to do with this case," Gu Yecheng said.

"Good, we must act quickly on this. As for your grandfather, you must be very careful. I suspect they won’t wait half a month and will secretly take action against your grandfather," the Prime Minister warned. These kinds of incidents were not unheard of; if news of a prison suicide out of guilt emerged later, there would be no evidence to investigate.

"I know," Gu Yecheng replied.

...

Xiaofeng stayed by the phone, her thoughts in a daze.

It had been ten days since Gu Yecheng returned to the Imperial Capital, and during these ten days, he hadn’t called her even once. Had he forgotten about her?

No, she had to go back; she had to be with him.

If she didn’t return, as time passed, he would surely forget about her.

"What, you want to return to the Imperial Capital?" Su Peng was shocked upon hearing his sister’s words, his jaw almost dropping: "Feng, you shouldn’t go back now. Acheng also said he went back to deal with some matters; it would be inconvenient for you to go now and would distract him."

Su Peng didn’t understand why Xiaofeng suddenly wanted to go back; it hadn’t even been half a month.

"Brother, it’s precisely because Acheng is busy now that I need to go back. Say, if he misses me and I’m not by his side, wouldn’t that distract him even more? Brother, Dabao and Xiaobao are still staying here; I can go back alone. Brother, I really worry about Acheng, I want to go back and see him," Xiaofeng pleaded, shaking Su Peng’s arm.

These past few days, she had also realized that Su Peng treated her very well, always indulging her.

"In two days it will be New Year’s Eve; if you say you want to go back now, our parents definitely won’t agree. How about this, we spend the New Year here at home, and after it’s over, I’ll accompany you back. Going back alone, we would also be worried, right?" The day after tomorrow was New Year’s Eve, so of course, it was better to go back after the New Year was over.

Listening to her elder brother’s words, Xiaofeng’s eyes and brow fell: "Alright then, I’ll go back after the New Year."

"Don’t worry, Acheng will be fine. I’ll make a call to Uncle Quan these days to ask about the situation in the Imperial Capital."

"Okay, I’ll be troubling you then, big brother."

Unable to go to the Imperial Capital, Xiaofeng felt very downhearted.

She feared that Acheng would do as Lin Jing said: throw her aside in her hometown and then stop caring for her, allowing their relationship to slowly grow distant, possibly to the point where they could never return to how things were before.

Su Peng arrived at the factory and casually picked up today’s newspaper.

It was a national newspaper.

There was a special report on an event, stating that after many years the truth behind Case 319 was finally revealed. The mastermind behind the case was revealed to be Gu Wushang, the former Family Head of the Gu Family, who colluded with foreign forces. Gu Wushang had been sentenced to execution, to be carried out in half a month.

In response to the resolution of the case, many reports said it served justice to the people’s hearts, reflected the will of the people, and was a satisfactory resolution for the victims of the past.

Su Peng furrowed his brow; if he wasn’t mistaken, Gu Wushang must be the elderly Gu.

He didn’t believe that Gu Wushang was the real culprit.

He dialed to the Quan Family, and it was Quan Sifang who answered.

Su Peng relayed the report he had seen, to which Quan Sifang sighed, "The Gu Family is in a difficult situation now. This case was originally handled by Acheng, but now that it involves the elderly Gu, the Gu Family must recuse themselves."

"Uncle Quan, the elderly Gu is a good person; he couldn’t be the real culprit," Su Peng couldn’t believe that such an old man could be the true mastermind behind the events of the past.

"We don’t believe it either."

"Uncle, how is Acheng doing now, is he alright?"

"He’s been so busy lately with the elderly Gu’s matter that he’s hardly sleeping. Xiaofeng and her children are alright, aren’t they?" Quan Sifang’s heart felt sour as he thought of Xiaofeng.

He wondered if the girl had remembered anything, like the fact that he and Aqing were her biological parents.

"She and the kids are all doing well," Su Peng didn’t mention that Xiaofeng wanted to go back to the Imperial Capital because of a mood swing, "It’s almost New Year’s Eve, I want to wish uncle and auntie a good celebration in advance."

"Good, the same to you," Quan Sifang chatted with Su Peng for a few more sentences then hung up the phone.

Chu Qing watched Quan Sifang hang up and rushed over, "Was it Xiaofeng who called?"

"It was Su Peng, he saw the newspaper and called to ask about the Gu Family’s situation."

"The Gu Family is indeed in a tricky situation this time, one false move and they could be doomed. Now that the old Gu has been identified as a conspirator, the Gu Family is going to have a hard time.

"We must believe in Acheng’s abilities and have faith that this will pass."

...

When Su Peng mentioned the Gu Family to his parents, He Ximei and Ershun were both startled, "It’s that serious, no wonder Acheng told Xiaofeng and the children not to go back, and that he would pick them up. It’s definitely dangerous for them to go back to the Gu Family at this time."

"I think Xiaofeng might have sensed something, this morning she told me she wanted to return to the Imperial Capital, said she would go alone and leave the children here." Su Peng just remembered that he hadn’t seen Xiaofeng since coming home half a day ago, "Dad, where’s my sister?"

Ershun served Xiaobao a bowl of rice, "She said she was going to the street to buy some New Year goods."

Hearing his father’s words, Su Peng had a bad feeling, he rushed to the second floor to Xiaofeng’s room, and indeed some of her things were gone.

There was also a letter left on the table, the gist of it was that she wanted to be with Acheng, so she would not be spending the New Year at home. She asked them to take good care of the boy and girl twins and wait for her and Acheng to come back and pick them up.

He Ximei followed and, seeing the letter in Su Peng’s hand and the state of the room, it was clear, "Xiaofeng went to the Imperial Capital alone?"

"The train to the Imperial Capital probably hasn’t left yet, I’m going to the train station right now," Su Peng slapped his thigh, urgently.

Xiaofeng was really being too impulsive.

The Imperial Capital is so dangerous right now, going back there, she doesn’t know what she will be facing.

"Bro, are you heading out?" Wu Ershun came over with a computer tower, seeing Su Peng about to leave, he asked.

"Xiaofeng is going back to the Imperial Capital alone, I’m going to the train station to check," if Xiaofeng hadn’t lost her memory, then so be it.

But now Xiaofeng had lost her memory and couldn’t remember anything, going back not only adds trouble for Acheng but also increases the danger.

"I’ll go with you," Ershun dropped the tower at the doorway, instructed Guaizi with a few words, then got into Su Peng’s car.

Wu Ershun felt that his sister-in-law was very different this time from before.

Not a single matter seemed to have been handled solidly.

By the time they arrived at the train station, Su Peng and Wu Ershun had looked around but couldn’t find a trace of Xiaofeng.

"Bro, could sister-in-law have taken a vehicle to the provincial city and then from there a flight back?" If she wasn’t at the train station, there was only one other possibility.

"When she came back with Acheng last time, they took a flight. She must have taken a vehicle to the Provincial City and then a flight back."

"Bro, let sister-in-law go if she wants to. She is so capable on her own, she won’t get lost, right?" They had all seen how formidable his sister-in-law was.

Even if it was going out of the province alone to do business, his sister-in-law would dare to charge ahead on her own.

Not having found Xiaofeng, Su Peng had no choice but to head back home.

Of course, Xiaofeng’s return had to be communicated to Yecheng, so that Yecheng could be prepared and have a heads up.

This time he didn’t call the Gu Family home but directly called Yecheng’s mobile phone.

After it had rung for a while, the call was answered.

"Acheng, I must tell you this, Xiaofeng has sneaked back to the Imperial Capital alone without any of us knowing."